Stove lid



Sept. 17, 1929. L, RUGGS 1,728,634

STOVE LID Filed Feb.- 5, 1927 Alum/roe: 7 G 665.

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Patented Sept. 17, 1929 UNITED STATES LOYD scrwees, or -UNIVERSITY orryyiaissoum s'rovn LID Application filed February 5, 1927. Serial No. 166=,174.-

This invention relates to stove lids such as are used on stoves for protectingcooking utensils or other objects from the direct action of the fire.

In order that the lids of a stove may be I rearranged or removed easily when they are in a heated condition, it is the universal custom to constructthem in such a manner that a device, generallyreferred to as a lid lifter,

can be easily engaged with a lid so as to form a handle on'the lid by means of which the lid can beraised, removed or shifted into a different position and the handle thereafter easily disconnected from the lid. Notwithstanding the fact that most of the elements which make up a stove have been improved greatly in efiiciency, appearance and ease of handling, the conventional stove lid that is now in'general use is of the same construction as the lids that were first used on stoves and is provided in its top facewith an undercut pocket of considerably greater width than depth, that is adapted to receive a relatively shallow, angularly-disposed portion on the lifter of approximately the same Width as the pocket in the lid, whose side edges are roundedoif so as to permit said portion to be easily withdrawn from the pocket or introduced into same so that the end of said portion can be quickly-engaged with the undercut part of the pocket in the lid. In handling a stove lid ofthe construction above described the lifter canbe manipulated so as to tilt the front edge of the lid upwardly or downwardly without liability of the lid becoming disconnected from the lifter, but if the user twists or turns the litter in such a way as to tilt theilid laterally into an inclined position, the lid will 49 slide off the lifter, due to the fact that the side walls of the pocket in the lidand the opposed sidewedges of the broad, shallow portion of the lifter that projects into the pocket are not of sufficient area to effectively resist the torsional strain, tending to turn the lid relatively to the litter and make'it roll off of the lid engaging portion of the lifter.

The object of my invention is to provide to a stove lid that is equipped with an undercut lid lifter pocketwhich is of such shape or form that when the lifteris arranged in operative engagement with the lid, "the user cantilt the front edge of the lid upwardly or downwardly and can also tilt-the lid laterally into aninclined position,,or even into a vertical, position, without liability of the lid turning relatively to the lifter and rolling off of-the portion of the lifter that is positioned in the pocket in thelidQ a To this end I have devised a stove lid that is equipped with an'undercut lifter pocket that is oil greaterdepth than'width and -which is I 1 provided with side Walls which have sufficient bearing area on the portion of the lifter that is positioned in said pocket to eliminate thepossibility of the lid turning or rotating relatively to the litter when the lifter is twisted or turned to tilt: the lid laterally into an uprightor substantially upright position. Thelifter pocketis preferably of greater length than width and'theside walls of said pocket are preferably arranged in parallelrelation and disposed at substantially right angles to the top face of the lid, the undercut part of the pocket being, formed by, a portion of the top surface of the lid that overhangs one end of said pocket.

Thelifter that I prefer to usewith ny improved stove lid is provided with a terminal portion of approximately the same thickness as thewidth ofthe pocket in the lid and ofsufiicient depth and length to provide parallelbearing' surfaces on the sides of said portion oflrelatively great area, thatcooperate with the side walls of the pocket in the lid to eflectively resist the torsional strain or twisting strain exerted on the lid,fidue -to-the force of, gravity, when the lifter is twisted to tilt the lid sidewise into an upright position. Projectoperative engagement with the overhanging wall of the pocket in the lid, said means constituting a stop or abutment on the lifter that limits the rocking movement of the lifter relatively to the lid in one direction.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a top plan view of a stove lid and lifter embodying my invention, with the shank of the lifter broken away.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of said lid and lifter.

Figure 3 is an enlarged side elevational view of a portion of the lifter detached from the lid.

Figure at is an enlarged top plan view of a portion of the lid, with the lifter removed.

igure 5 is a vertical sectional view, taken on the line 55 of Figure l, with the lifter shown in broken lines i Figureti IS a bottom plan view of a portion of the 11d.

Figure 7 is a side elevational view, illustrating another way that the lifter can be constructed; and

Figure 8 is a perspective view, illustrating how the lid can be tilted laterally into an upright position without liability of becoming detached from the lifter.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate the preferred form of my invention, A designates a stove lid which consists of a flat, disk-shaped metal member that is provided in its'top face with a pocket 1 formed by integral portions of the lid, and adapted to receive a portion on a lid lifter B that constitutes a detachable or removable handle for the lid. The pocket 1 is of greater depth than width and .is preferably made longer or of greater length than the width of said pocket, and at one end of said pocket is an undercut part formed preferably by an integral portion at of the top surface of the lid that overhangs one end of thepocket 1. The

- side walls 2 of the pocket 1 are formed by integral portions of the lid, whose opposed faces are straight or parallel relation and preferably disposed at right angles to the top surface of the lid, thus forming a relatively long, deep and narrow pocket in the lid, whose inner end extends under an integral portion :0 of the lid that constitutes part of the top surface of the lid.

The lifter B is provided at its lower end lifter is arranged in operative engagement with the lid, as shown in broken lines 1n Figure 5, or in full llnes 1n Flgure 8, the

side faces of the flat terminal portion of the lifter co-operate with the side walls 2 of the pocket in the lid, and the projection 3 on said terminal portion co-operates with the part :0 of the lid to effectively resist torsional strains tending to make the lid turn and roll off of the lid engaging portion of the lifter when the lifter is twisted to tilt the lid laterally into an upright position, as shown in Figure 8, the terminal portion of the lifter being of greater length and depth than the width of the pocket in the lid, so that when the lifter is arranged in operative, engagement with the lid, the side faces of the terminal portion of the lifter will have a bearing surface on the side walls of the pocket of suflicient area to enable the lid to be tilted upwardly, downwardly or sidewise without liability of the lid becoming disengaged fromthe lifter: At or adjacent the rear end of the terminal portion of the lifter is a means that is adapted to (to-operate with the top surface of the lid to limit the downward rocking movement of the lifter relatively to the lid, and thus cause the top edge of the projection 3 on the terminal portion of the lifter to press upwardly against the underside of the overhanging wall a; of the pocket 1 in the lid when the lifter B is arranged, in operative position, as shown in Figure 2, said means either consisting of a shoulder or abutment member 4 on the lifter that lies in the same vertical plane as the terminal portion of the lifter, or lugs 5 that projectlaterally from the opposite sides of the terminal portion of the lifter, as shown in Figure 7, and which are adapted to bear against the top surface of the lid when the lifter is arranged in operative position. The lifter can be provided with anysuitable kind of a handle'6, either a handle of skeleton-like construction formed from apiece of coiled wire, or a handle formed integral with the shank of the lifter.

While I prefer to provide a lifter of the construction above described for handling or manipulating the lid,'l wish it to be understood that my improved ..lid is not limited to usewith such a lifter, for one desira'ble feature of my lidis that it can be lifted from the stove or shifted into a dilfer- 'ent position on the stove with any kind of a device-provided with a straight sided portion of slightly less width than the pocket '1 in the lid that can be'inserted in said pocket with the end of said portion pos itioned under the overhanging wall 00 of the pocket, the length and depth of the side walls 2 of the pocket being great enough to effectively resist torsional strains on the lid stove lid of the construction above described tending to make it roll off ofthe device; A 1

is a decided improvement on the conventional stove lid now in general use, in that it overcomes the necessity of the operator using considerable care and skill when handling the lid, in order to maintain the lid in engagement with the lifter; it canbe manufactured as cheaply as the conventional stove lid; it has a lid lifter pocket that is less liable to become filled with dirt or food which boils over from the cooking utensil under which the lid is arranged, and still another desirable feature of my improved stove lid is that it can be used in conjunction with a stove lifter that can be stamped out of a flat bar or other flat piece of metal. of substantially the same thickness as the Width of the pocket 1 in the lid when the lifter is constructed in the manner illustrated in Figure 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A stove lid provided with an unobstructed lifter pocket of considerably less width than depth having straight, parallel side Walls formed by integral portions of the lid, and an integral portion on the lid con-- stituting part of the top face of the lid, disposed so as to overhang one end of said pocket. a a

2. A stove lid provided in its top face with an elongated slot whose length is consideraloly greater than its width, and integral portions on the underside of the lid which form an unobstructed lifter pocket of considerably greater depth than its width, having parallel side Walls that merge into the side edges of said slot and form continuations of same and which extend underneath a portion of,the top surface of the lid that forms an overhanging top wall for the inner end of said pocket,

3. In combination, a stove lid and litter detachably combined; said lid provided with an unobstructed lifter pocket of less width than depth and of considerably greater length than width, and having straight, parallel side walls formed by integral. portions of the lid, an integral portion on the lid constituting part of the top face thereof and disposed to overhang the inner end of said pocket; and said lifter being provided with a terminal portion having straight and parallel sides and of substantially the same width and length as said pocket, said terminal portion being thereby adapted to fit snugly into said pocket and extend beneath said integral portion of the lid overhanging the inner end of said pocket.

4. In combination, a stove lid and lifter detachably combined; said lid provided with an unobstructed lifter pocket of lesswidth than depth and of considerably greater length than width and having straight, parallel side walls formed by integral portions-of the lid, an integral portion on the lid constituting part of the top face thereof and disposed to overhang the inner end of said pocket; said lifter being provided with a terminal portion having straight and parallel sides and of substantially the same LOYD SCRUGGS. 

